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The General Services Administration owes 1,334 federal contractors more than $3 million for failing to fully pay them since 2008, a House committee reported Thursday. The agency, which a spokeswoman said will pay such debts dating from 2007, didn't fulfill a "guaranteed minimum payment" clause in its contracts, according to the report.

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The Department of Defense and the General Services Administration are collecting feedback on how best to mesh cybersecurity standards into the federal government's purchase process along with the possible implementation of an accreditation program. One goal is to reduce costs for companies doing business with U.S. agencies. "There's already a significant cost to doing business with the federal government, and we don't want to unduly increase that," said Emile Monette, senior adviser for GSA's Office of Acquisition Management.

More than 1,200 small-business contractors will receive a total of $3 million in guaranteed payments from the General Services Administration, Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., said in a statement. A yearlong investigation by a House committee determined that "GSA's case for canceling these contracts in terms of dollars saved did not account for paying some of these firms the $2,500 they would be owed under their contracts," according to Graves. "When the committee began questioning why the $2,500 was not included in the calculations, it became clear that GSA was not adhering to its own contracts and had not paid the required termination costs to small businesses for at least five years."

Washington, D.C., will receive more federal stimulus funds from the General Services Administration than any other jurisdiction, according to media reports. GSA will spend more than $1 billion of its stimulus funding on government buildings in the District. Federal stimulus funds will pay for the energy-efficiency modernization of some federal buildings as well as a new $450 million headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security.

Washington, D.C., will receive more federal stimulus funds from the General Services Administration than any other jurisdiction, according to media reports. GSA will spend more than $1 billion of its stimulus funding on government buildings in the District. Federal stimulus funds will pay for the energy-efficiency modernization of some federal buildings as well as a new $450 million headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security.